THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS AND SECOND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORY

Öz

Among the language teaching methods and approaches is the Natural Approach, which claims that the SL learner acquires the language as in first language acquisition if necessary conditions are provided. The Input Hypothesis , which has been developed based on the principles of the Natural Approach, relates to acquisition, not learning. This hypothesis, which claims that acquisition is realized if the learner understands the input given to him, makes it essential that the teacher, the source of the input in a classroom setting, should not be dependent on a method based on mechanical drills. Otherwise, there would not be an acquisition environment for the learner in the classroom. Providing that the classroom activities are natural, appropriate for the learners’ interest and comprehensible, the learners’s natural acquisition mechanism will operate. Therefore, this hypothesis suggests that the main goal of the teacher be to provide the learners with comprehensible input.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• INPUT
• HYPOTHESIS
• SECOND

THE INPUT HYPOTHESIS AND SECOND-LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORY

Öz

Among the language teaching methods and approaches is the Natural Approach, which claims that the SL learner acquires the language as in first language acquisition if necessary conditions are provided. The Input Hypothesis , which has been developed based on the principles of the Natural Approach, relates to acquisition, not learning. This hypothesis, which claims that acquisition is realized if the learner understands the input given to him, makes it essential that the teacher, the source of the input in a classroom setting, should not be dependent on a method based on mechanical drills. Otherwise, there would not be an acquisition environment for the learner in the classroom. Providing that the classroom activities are natural, appropriate for the learners’ interest and comprehensible, the learners’s natural acquisition mechanism will operate. Therefore, this hypothesis suggests that the main goal of the teacher be to provide the learners with comprehensible input.

Dil öğretim yöntemleri ve yaklaşımları arasında, ikinci dil Öğrencisinin dili, gerekli koşullar sağlandığı takdirde, anadil edinimindeki gibi edindiğini iddia eden yaklaşım, Doğal Yaklaşım diye adlandırılır.

Doğal yaklaşım ilkelerine dayalı olarak geliştirilen Girdi Varsayımı, öğrenme değil, edinim kavramı ile ilgilidir. Edinimin ancak öğrenciye verilen girdinin anlaşılmasıyla gerçekleşeceğini iddia eden bu varsayım, sınıf ortamında girdi kaynağının öğretmen olduğu düşünülürse, öğretmenin mekanik alıştırmalara dayalı bir yönteme bağlı kalmamasını gerekli kılar. Aks i halde, sınıf içinde öğrenci için dil edinme ortamı oluşmayacaktır. Sınıf içi etkinliklerin doğal, öğrencilerin ilgi alanına uygun ve anlaşılır olması halinde, öğrencinin doğal edinim mekanizması çalışmaya başlayacaktır. Bu yüzden, bu varsayım, öğretmenin ana hedefinin öğrencilere anlaşılır girdi sağlamak olması gerektiğini önerir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• INPUT
• HYPOTHESIS
• SECOND

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